• DOI:10.1109/52.1990
• Corpus ID: 7055933

Programming three parallel computers

@article{Kallstrom1988ProgrammingTP,
  title={Programming three parallel computers},
  author={Marta Kallstrom and Shreekant S. Thakkar},
  journal={IEEE Software},
  year={1988},
  volume={5},
  pages={11-22}
}

• M. Kallstrom, S. Thakkar
• Published 1988
• Computer Science
• IEEE Software

Three commercial systems are considered from a programmer's point of view. The three are the Intel iPSC, a network of Inmos transputers, and the Sequent Balance. The differences in overhead are examined by implementing a solution to the traveling-salesman problem on all three. The evaluation focuses on three major issues in parallel programming: (1) how execution is divided among processing elements and how it is controlled; (2) how data are shared; and (3) how events are synchronized. The experiences of the authors are presented and some specific as well as general conclusions are drawn.<<ETX>>